One veterans long struggle, and why a Defense Department employee is now speaking out. And murder hornet mission. How crews use dental floss and a vacuum hose to find and destroy the first nest found in the u. S. You heard them correctly. Dental floss and a vacuum hose. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Heres what we have to do. Were not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines. Therapeutics. The white house chief of staff mark meadows says the United States wont be able to get covid19 under control. They are admitting defeat. This is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in the history of america. Mike pence will stay on the campaign trail despite news some of his staffers tested positive for the coronavirus. I think hes taking all the precautions. And my understanding is hes tested negative. Vice president mike pence plans to preside over the Supreme Court confirmation vote for Amy Coney Barret
Reporter chris, hundreds of firefighte firefighters and t responders stood out here in the poring rain out of respect for a man who made the ultimate sacrifice. Many of them telling us they came to pay tribute to a fallen hero. Reporter as raindrops fell on mourners outside, tears flowed from mourners inside the basilica as the city of philadelphia, family members and fellow firefighters said goodbye to lieutenant Matthew Letourneau a hero who lost his life in the line of duty. He lived, ate, slept and breathed this job. Matt, every dave his life was truly a hero and were all better off because of his bravery and service. Hundreds stood outside in the rain during the morning viewing and mass. Hundreds more pack the cathedr cathedral. Lieutenant letourneau was remembered for his smile, his enthusiasm, his compassion but mostly for his bravery. He is truly a firemans fireman. He fought that fire to the best his ability as long as with everyone else on that fire ground. I mean hes hero. W
Wet, windy and warm. As we take live look at cape may. Temperatures in the 60s today. But do not get used to it. It looks like we may be trading in our rain gear for our winter coats. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im dawn timmeney. Hope you didnt get too attached to this warm weather, because tomorrow is going to be a shock to the system at kickoff for the big game, back to freezing cold. Meteorologist Scott Williams talking about a 30degree temperature drop. Scott. Absolutely. A shock to the system, dawn. High temperatures today in the mid 60s. But yeah, can you find the cold front . Its 62 in philadelphia right now at 11 00 oclock and then off to the west look at pittsburgh 40 degrees colder. 22 degrees. That arctic front will be moving in overnight tonight. The temperatures behind it will be dropping for tomorrow. So what about the eagles game . Tailgators temperatures will be in the 30s. Were drying out but look at the cold weather by first kick 30 degrees. Temperatures by the end
Slightly in the european markets for this thursday morning. The tenyear note yield crossed that 2. 5 level and now 2. 572 is where we find ourselves with wti firmly above 50 a barrel as well. Lets get to our road map this morning. And it starts with the markets. Of course we are still on 20,000 watch for the dow. Lots of data as well to digest this morning. And in president elect Donald Trumps meeting with defense ceos, what did boeing and lockheed say . And what are they saying now . And two more names familiar to the cnbc audience named to trumps team, carl icahn and Peter Navarro both set to join as advisors to the president elect. The economy grew faster in the Third Quarter than the government originally thought. The final reading up 3. 5 , that is the fastest pace in two years, better than the previous estimate of 3. 2 growth. The data comes as the dow continues of course to take aim at 20,000, jim, weve been ever so close. Ive been monitoring it from my few days off, but we didn
Welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. Lets take a check on the markets. Out of the gate pulling stocks lower, we hit threemonth lows on the dow, as well as the s p 500. We are off session lows now. The s p higher by about 16 points from lows today. Banks gets hit hard again. Third day of lossesment this of course ased of a slew of bank easternings that start tomorrow. One bright spot in narcotics. Utilities are holding up nicely. Up by 1. 8 at this hour. Thank you very much. Welcome, everybody. Heres what else is happening right now. Worlds longest reigning king has died passing away today at the age of 88. He took power back in 1946. Amazon hiring 120,000 holiday workers this year. Thats up 20,000 from just last year. And u. S. Jobless claims now at a 43year low. The 84th straight week that claims have come in below 300,000. Got a big two hours ahead and we kick it off with this big move down in the market. Though not as far down, bob pisani, as earlier today. Weve come back. Weaker